Halloween...

Halloween to me has always been a fun time of bonding with loved ones and having a good time. This past Halloween I handed out some candy to trick-or-treaters and then I watched scary movies, which if you know me is not my choice of activity. Anyways, usually my family and I, whatever family is home, attend a large pumpkin carving and Halloween party. It's a great time of having fun and spending time with close family friends, and I usually go trick-or-treating. I haven't gone trick-or-treating for two years now. I think Halloween is definitely worth celebrating, I think as long as it is kept a time to spend with people that are close to you and not as devil-worship in the most extreme sense, it is OK. I definitely think there has been a drop in the people that go trick-or-treating, we surely had much less trick-or-treaters than years past. I think this is maybe due to the growing "parties" and parents being afraid of Halloween becoming "devil-worship", but honestly I'm not entirely sure. I might say that it is less valuable than other holidays, but for me and the idea of it just being a good excuse to spend time with loved ones then I think that it is very important. I'm not a big fan of scary things so I like to keep away from that aspect of Halloween, and it works for me. I think that society is focused too much on the scary aspect than what the holiday was originally for...maybe we all just need a reality check.